Jeremy Whitehead

In 2002, Jeremy Whitehead came to America, fulfilling a life-long dream. That dream changed, however, when his wife suffered a cardiac arrest within six weeks of their wedding day. After researching the causes and consequences of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Jeremy realized that many others want to understand what it is, why it happens and what to do about it. He interviewed the saviors and witnesses to Carolyn’s collapse-to capture their thoughts and feelings at the time-and found they, too, were profoundly affected by the event. It is for those yet to be touched by this well understood but incurable leading cause of death, that he decided to share their story. Jeremy has been a public advocate volunteer for the American Heart Association and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. In 2004, he was instrumental in convincing Congress to approve further funding of defibrillators. He has been published in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS March, 2005). Jeremy graduated as an electronics engineer in the telecommunications industry, and excelled at marketing the Internet. He then moved to IBM Software Group. He has a reputation for mastering complex subjects, and making them simple to understand. Now a freelance writer, and a graduate of the Australian College of Journalism, Jeremy is focused on narrative nonfiction and the self-help genre.